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The auction was promoted as the highlight of the auction house's Hong Kong sales as it was to be the first Tyrannosaurus rex auctioned in Asia.

HULETT, Wyo. -- Crouching over a snow-dusted quarry that moonlights as a fossil hunting ground, Peter Larson pointed to a weathered 4-inch slab peeking out from a blanket of white. A commonplace rock to the untrained eye, but an obvious dinosaur bone to Larson.

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Crouching over a snow-dusted quarry that moonlights as a fossil hunting ground, Peter Larson pointed to a weathered 4-inch slab peeking out from a bla

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Crouching over a snow-dusted quarry that moonlights as a fossil hunting ground, Peter Larson pointed to a weathered 4-inch slab peeking out from a blanket of white. A commonplace rock to the untrained eye, but an obvious dinosaur bone to Larson.

The auction was promoted as the highlight of the auction house's Hong Kong sales as it was to be the first Tyrannosaurus rex auctioned in Asia.

The auction was promoted as the highlight of the auction house's Hong Kong sales as it was to be the first Tyrannosaurus rex auctioned in Asia.

The auction house Christies has called off the upcoming auction of a T. rex skeleton, known as Shen, after experts noticed it looked suspiciously similar to another famous T. rex specimen, Stan.

The auction was promoted as the highlight of the auction house's Hong Kong sales as it was to be the first Tyrannosaurus rex auctioned in Asia.